Victims' details get sold. Within days of a loss, the second wave arrives: a "certified recovery expert" who found your post, a "blockchain lawyer" with a Gmail address, a "hacker" who can reverse the transaction. They share one feature that a real desk never has: they promise.
The thirty-second test
- Do they promise recovery or quote a success rate? A real desk states odds, in writing, and never a promise.
- Do they take a percentage? Percentage-of-recovery is the model that pays people to promise.
- Do they want an upfront "release fee", "tax", or "gas" to unlock funds? That is the same scam wearing a badge.
- Can you see their method? Ours is on a public methodology page, and the report shows the transaction graph.
- Is the legal entity real and named? Every UnyKorn site names UnyKorn LLC, a Wyoming company, and the person who runs it.
What recovery actually looks like
Funds that reached an exchange can be frozen by that exchange on a lawful request with a proper evidence pack, and returned through a legal process. Funds that dispersed into mixers or self-custody usually cannot be recovered; a real desk tells you that before you pay for a full case. There is no hacker who reverses a blockchain transaction.
If you already paid a recovery scammer
Stop paying. Save every message. Run the free check on their messages; the patterns are in the engine. Report it with the first loss; the two cases share a trail.
Questions people ask
Can a hacker reverse my transaction?
No. Confirmed blockchain transactions cannot be reversed by anyone.
Why do recovery scammers ask for a fee first?
Because the fee is the scam. A real desk charges a stated flat fee for defined work, never a fee to 'release' funds.